CHISLEHURST: Police asked to take urgent action after spate of robberies, theft and other crime in area

A SHOP assistant from Chislehurst has written to Bromley's new police chief following an "unlucky" five months of crime against her family.

Judy Hole, of Elmstead Lane, was the victim of a hit-and-run, had two cars stolen from her driveway and had expensive tools taken from a van outside her house.

The 41-year-old, a mother of two, wrote to borough commander Chief Superintendent David Dillnutt asking for action.

She said: "My unlucky five months makes me very despondent for the future of Chislehurst.

"There's not enough police to go round. I don't blame them. I blame the politicians. But something has to be done before things get even more out of control."

Mrs Hole was hit by a car as she crossed Chislehurst High Street on December 1.

"I went onto the driver's bonnet but he just carried on. He opened his window and dragged me off his bonnet as he drove past Park Road. I must be very unlucky, as I fell in the only puddle in the road."

Mrs Hole's umbrella, which she held throughout the ordeal, cushioned the back of her head when she fell against the road.

On January 24, Mrs Hole drove to the top of her drive and put her keys, cigarettes and a pair of secateurs on the bonnet.

"I picked up rubbish from the garden, turned round and saw two boys getting into my car.

"I went up to grab one of them but he pushed me. As they reversed, the car swiped my legs and stomach, and smashed into the front garden wall."

She was taken by ambulance to Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

Then her 21-year-old son's £9,000 Mazda sports car was stolen from the drive five weeks ago. He had owned it for just one week.

Tools worth more than £900 were stolen from a friend's van in September, her son's van was broken into twice in November and her own car was broken into once, also in November. All vehicles had been parked on the drive.

None of the crimes have been cleared up but police are investigating a suspect for the hit-and-run.

Mrs Hole said: "Chislehurst is going downhill very fast. The less police you have on the streets, the worse it's going to get."

A spokesman for Chief Supt Dillnutt said: "It would seem this woman has had a very unlucky five months and we will have to look into the incidents."